Patient 2 (Can be fixed but not ready).
Lesson for ENT Surgeon is that we must always make sure that the problem is thoroughly addressed. There are times where the diseased sinus cells are very close to the skull base with only 1mm thick bone separating the diseased cell from the brain. This are the cells that are usually not eradicated by an inexperienced ENT surgeon for fear of penetrating the skull base separating nasal cavity from brain.
Lesson for patient is actually none – she trusted the surgeon and the surgery was warranted but unfortunately not well done and therefore problem not solved. The second surgeon she went to after the surgery should not have told her nothing can be done but referred her to someone that can fix her easily fixed problem.
She had problems of nasal block and post-nasal drip for years and went to the biggest private hospital in PJ where she had sinus surgery done in 2017. She claims to have a protracted recovery period of up to six months but even after that she still had post nasal drip but no more nasal block. She went to see another ENT at another hospital in PJ in 2019 and after examination and CT Scan (which will be shown in the video) she was told that she will need to live with it. She came to see me and when I told her that her problem can be fixed once and for all, she did not believe me as first surgery failed and another ENT said nothing can be done.